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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
prealbumin levels
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vitamin C - citrus fruits
18-25
2. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
apple is higher risk than a pear
milk - enriched grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4 calories/gram
3. What is normal albumin levels?
prealbumin levels
essential amino acids
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
4. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
2 cups
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
300 cal/day increase
liver and intestinal synthesis
5. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
fat soluble vitamins
dairy and fortified foods
6. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
apple is higher risk than a pear
B and C
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
7. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
hemoglobin
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
apple is higher risk than a pear
protein
8. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
one week period
300 cal/day increase
liver and intestinal synthesis
9. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
300 cal/day increase
4 calories/gram
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
10. When does BMR increase?
one week period
hemoglobin
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
11. What is the function of vitamin C?
dark green - orange - drybeans
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
TPN total parenteral nutrition
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
12. What is RDA of protein?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
2 cups
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
prealbumin levels
13. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
4 calories/gram
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
14. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
6 oz. a day
can consume more calories without weight gain
decrease in total lymphocyte count
15. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
low albumin levels < 3.4
decrease in total lymphocyte count
milk - enriched grains
hemorrhage
16. What function is vitamin A?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
6 oz. a day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
B and C
17. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
can consume more calories without weight gain
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
18. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
albumin levels
2.5 cups
19. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
dark green - orange - drybeans
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
500 cal/day
20. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
protein and fat
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
milk - enriched grains
21. What is normal BMI?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dark green - orange - drybeans
18-25
vitamin K
22. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
3 cups
vitamin K
fat soluble vitamins
rickets - osteomalacia
23. What is the function of vitamin E?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
antioxidant - immune function
day week or month
24. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
essential amino acids
prealbumin levels
25. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
one tspn salt or less
dark green - orange - drybeans
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
26. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dark green - orange - drybeans
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
diet recall
27. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
low albumin levels < 3.4
atrophy or wasting of muscle
28. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
diet recall
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
protein
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
29. What are healthy sources of fats?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
pregnant women or elderly
30. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
transferrin
cream cheese - cream or butter
can consume more calories without weight gain
31. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
protein
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
32. Name six sources of grains
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
hemoglobin
18-25
33. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
rickets - osteomalacia
vitamin C - citrus fruits
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
34. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
300 cal/day increase
protein and fat
vitamin K
dietary approach to stop hypertension
35. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
500 cal/day
atrophy or wasting of muscle
one week period
36. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
2 cups
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
TPN total parenteral nutrition
37. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fats
essential amino acids
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
38. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
albumin levels
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
2.5 cups
fat soluble vitamins
39. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
2.5 cups
40. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
3 cups
albumin levels
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
41. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
18-25
dietary approach to stop hypertension
vitamin K
42. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
2.5 cups
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
43. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
hemoglobin
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
review of systems
rickets - osteomalacia
44. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
can consume more calories without weight gain
one tspn salt or less
cream cheese - cream or butter
vitamin C - citrus fruits
45. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
antioxidant - immune function
review of systems
46. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
pregnant women or elderly
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
500 cal/day
300 cal/day increase
47. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
rickets - osteomalacia
review of systems
protein
48. What does DASH stand for?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
3 cups
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
dietary approach to stop hypertension
49. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
vitamin K
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
rickets - osteomalacia
50. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
can consume more calories without weight gain
decrease in total lymphocyte count
rickets - osteomalacia